What does it mean that calligraphy is lifelike?
Vivid, idiom. Describe works and paintings vividly and realistically, just like living. More refers to artificial works of art. Vivid: describes a lively appearance; Life: to be alive. From "Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything": "Yesterday Zhuang Zhou Meng was Hu Die, and Hu Die vividly expressed his ambition! I don't know, Zhou Ye. If I feel suddenly, I will feel suddenly Zhou Ye.